Direction: Joe Johnston

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Joe Johnston. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


October Sky

1999 · Movie · 108 min. · United States

Direction Joe Johnston

Cast Jake Gyllenhaal · Laura Dern · Chris Cooper · Natalie Canerday

Plot In a 1950's mining town called Coalwood, Homer Hickam is a kid with only one future in sight, to work in the local coal mine like his father. However in...

6.9

3K votes

6.9

3K votes

Jumanji

1995 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction Joe Johnston

Cast Robin Williams · Kirsten Dunst · David Alan Grier · Bonnie Hunt

Plot In 1969, young Alan Parrish and Sarah Whittle unearth a box that they find contains a board game, Jumanji. That night they play the game and are startled when the...

6.3

62K votes

6.3

62K votes

Hidalgo

2004 · Movie · 135 min. · United States

Direction Joe Johnston

Cast Viggo Mortensen · Omar Sharif · Zuleikha Robinson · Louise Lombard

Plot Based on the true story of the greatest long-distance horse race ever run, this epic action-adventure is the story of one man’s journey of personal redemption. Held yearly for centuries,...

6.1

21K votes

6.1

21K votes

Captain America: The First Avenger

2011 · Movie · 125 min. · United States

Direction Joe Johnston

Cast Chris Evans · Hugo Weaving · Hayley Atwell · Tommy Lee Jones

Plot The introduction and origin of Steve Rogers, a soldier given a serum that turns him into the super-soldier Captain America! After being deemed unfit for military service, Steve Rogers (Chris...

5.7

55K votes

5.7

55K votes

The Pagemaster

1994 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Joe Johnston · Pixote Hunt

Cast Macaulay Culkin · Christopher Lloyd · Ed Begley Jr. · Mel Harris

Plot This is the story of a young boy named Richard Tyler, who finds shelter from a storm inside a nearby library. Tyler slips and is knocked unconscious while exploring a...

5.7

5K votes

5.7

5K votes

The Rocketeer

1991 · Movie · 110 min. · United States

Direction Joe Johnston

Cast Bill Campbell · Jennifer Connelly · Alan Arkin · Timothy Dalton

Plot Straight from the pages of a pulp comic from a past era, the Rocketeer recreates 1930's Hollywood, complete with gangsters, Nazi spies, and the growth of the Age of Aviation....

5.1

5K votes

5.1

5K votes

The Wolf Man

2010 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Joe Johnston

Cast Benicio del Toro · Hugo Weaving · Anthony Hopkins · Emily Blunt

Plot Based on the 1941 classic of the same name, The Wolfman tells of Lawrence Talbot, an actor (Benicio Del Toro) who returns to the home of his estranged father (Anthony...

5.0

15K votes

5.0

15K votes

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

2018 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Lasse Hallström · Joe Johnston

Cast Mackenzie Foy · Keira Knightley · Helen Mirren · Morgan Freeman

Plot All Clara wants is a key - a one-of-a-kind key that will unlock a box that holds a priceless gift from her late mother. A golden thread, presented to her...

5.0

2K votes

5.0

2K votes

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

1989 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Joe Johnston

Cast Rick Moranis · Matt Frewer · Marcia Strassman · Kristine Sutherland

Plot Wayne Szalinski is a crazy scientist who invents a miniaturizing machine that is so powerful it only blows things up. When the kid next door hits a baseball through the...

5.0

99K votes

5.0

99K votes

Jurassic Park III

2001 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Joe Johnston

Cast Sam Neill · William H. Macy · Téa Leoni · Alessandro Nivola

Plot Dr. Alan Grant is now a happy man with the previous incidents of Jurassic Park now behind him. Grant is that happy that he announce in public, that nothing on...

4.8

32K votes

4.8

32K votes

Not Safe for Work

2014 · Movie · 74 min. · United States

Direction Joe Johnston

Cast Max Minghella · JJ Feild · Eloise Mumford · Christian Clemenson

Plot The ambitious legal assistant Tom Miller works at the Rosen, Byres and Emmerich Attorneys at Law and secretly dates the gorgeous clerk Anna. His company has presently two major cases:...

4.7

417 votes

4.7

417 votes